We made two more visits to Barra de Navidad this year, as we transited north and south along the “Riviera” and “Costalegre.”
The Barra lagoon, one of the most sheltered anchorages we have found, always has plenty to see, from the abundant bird life to a continuing parade of boats running aground on their way in and out of the very narrow entry channel. During our visits this year there were 25-30 boats anchored, but there is room for twice that, or more.
Our friends Jeff and Gayle from Lazy Bones (their boat is currently in Turkey, they’ve made it about half way around the world in six years) joined us for about a week, meeting us in Puerto Vallarta and sailing from there to Barra.
Most everyone who reaches Barra really enjoys it. It is a charming small town with great, inexpensive eating places, a 24-hour water taxi service (about $2 per person round trip) so one does not even need to launch their dinghy, and another small town (Malaque) nearby – via short bus ride or longer walk along the beach – with decent provisioning.
One never knows what is to be found in Mexico. While having a great seafood lunch at a beach side restaurant, nearby we saw a group of nuns gathered. We don’t know what the occasion was, but the ocean and beach are lovely and there is sure plenty of room for everyone to enjoy it.
